Ship impactful, end-to-end features that improve student and teacher experiences.
Help set and evolve technical direction, translating business goals into pragmatic technical plans.
Improve product and engineering foundations, including code quality, observability, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
Own operational excellence, addressing performance, scalability, security, reliability, and incident response.
Partner closely with product managers and designers on UX, interaction design, and execution.
Participate across the full lifecycle: prototyping, testing, rollout, and ongoing support.
Provide technical leadership through design discussions, code reviews, and mentorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience.
5+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent practical experience.
Strong backend experience (e.g., Kotlin, Python, Go, Rust, Scala), with willingness to ramp up on Kira’s stack (Kotlin, Python).
Ability to own technical decisions and execute with minimal guidance in ambiguous environments.
Hands-on experience operating production systems and cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS).
Experience designing APIs, working with relational databases (e.g., MySQL), and shipping complex systems.
Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and reliable deployment practices.
Clear written and verbal communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment with changing priorities.
A positive, can-do attitude. You’re not deterred by minor setbacks and are able to swiftly overcome ambiguity.
Impeccable attention to detail.
(Preferred) Extensive experience contributing to frontend codebases (e.g., React, TypeScript).
(Preferred) Experience with integrating LLM-backed services, including API usage, evaluation, and operational considerations.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity.
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including a medical insurance plan with 100% coverage of employee.
Flexible PTO policy and company holidays.
DoorDash credit for lunch daily.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

KotlinPythonGoRustScalaAPI designrelational databasesMySQLautomated testingCI/CD

Soft Skills

technical leadershipclear communicationproblem-solvingattention to detailadaptabilitymentorshipcollaborationownershipresiliencepositive attitude

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer Science